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How To Outline Your Novel Like A Prolific Author
Want to write quickly, or even prolifically, and still put out great books? Here’s how you can do just that.
If I told my past self that my fiction writing speed would go from 2000 words per hour to over 5000 within just a few weeks, I’d have fallen over. Putting out a full manuscript draft in less than a week? Impossible.
Is it? Apparently not!
The one thing that I find has made all the difference in this incredible productivity journey is developing a better, stronger outlining process. It turns out that real efficiency starts long before you put out the first sentence of your draft.
I decided to share some aspects of my process — along with a few lessons I’ve learned — so that you, too, can bring out your inner prolific writer.
Divide Your Outline Into Targeted Categories
In my experience, many of us divide our outlines haphazardly by chapter or basic events. This leaves far too much room for ruminating and rummaging through new ideas, which slows down the overall…
